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Books Previously Recommended by Tricia The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis (PB $19.99) This book beat out work by Douglas Coupland and Will Ferguson in the Stephen Leacock award for humour in 2007 because it is very, very good — a terrific Canadian political satire. It was self-published at the time and once it won, publishers were falling over themselves wanting to publish it. Here’s the set up: A burnt-out political aide quits just before an election — but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock — an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English to engineers — to let his name stand in the election. No need to campaign, certain to lose, and so on. Then a great scandal blows away his opponent, and to their horror, Angus is elected. He decides to see what good an honest M.P. who doesn’t care about being re-elected can do in Parliament. It is laugh out loud funny, poking fun at Ottawa bureaucrats, politicians, university professors, you name it. I can see why it won and it left me smiling long after I finished it.
Thanks for the love Terry Fallis! Read more HERE
February by Lisa Moore is about one woman’s recollection of the Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster. She was left with 3 children and pregnant with a 4th when her husband and everyone else drowned on Valentines Day, 1982. The novel easily moves back and forth between 2005 and 1982. There are parts in this story that will make you catch your breath and others where you will laugh out loud. Lisa Moore is on of the stellar authors that Newfoundland keeps churning out! (As a group their writing continues to amaze me: Michael Crummey, Michael Winter, Jessica Grant, Bernice Morgan, Joan Clark… you cannot go wrong with any of their books! I don’t know if it’s the weather, the rocks, the fish or what: their novels are generally terrific reads!) And mark my words; February will definitely be on the prize lists this fall!
Galore by Michael Crummey is a multi-generational novel set in a small out port community in Newfoundland. I admit I have a bias in favour of Michael’s books: everything he has written I have loved and this book is no exception. I could smell the ocean, taste the food, shiver on the beach, weep over the sad parts and laugh teary-eyed at the antics while reading this book. It is a joy to read.
The Sea Captain's Wife by Beth Powning A gripping novel of love and obsession set in the 1860s, The Sea Captain's Wife masterfully combines truths of the heart with the sweep of adventure - and takes us on an unforgettable voyage amidst breathtaking beauty. Azuba Galloway, daughter of a shipwright, sees ships leaving for foreign ports from her bustling town on the Bay of Fundy and dreams of seeing the world. When she marries Nathaniel Bradstock, a veteran sea captain, she believes she will sail at his side. But when she becomes pregnant she is forced to stay behind. Her father has built the couple a gabled house overlooking the bay, but the gift cannot shelter her from the loneliness of living without her husband. When Azuba becomes embroiled in scandal, Nathaniel is forced to take her and their daughter, Carrie, aboard his ship. They set sail for London with bitter hearts. Their voyage is ill-fated, beset with ferocious storms and unforeseen obstacles that test Azuba's compassion, courage, and love. Alone in a male world, surrounded by the splendour and the terror of the open seas, she must face her fears and fight to keep her family together. |
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